Michelle and Emile were in a family restaurant when they noticed a couple of elderly ladies frowning at them. Apparently, the ladies did not approve of Michelle and Emile's public displays of affection. Michelle and Emile violated a(n) __________ norm.

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Injunctive norms refer to the expected behaviors that are socially approved or disapproved in a particular situation. Public displays of affection may be considered inappropriate in some contexts, making it an injunctive norm that Michelle and Emile violated. Disjunctive, subjective, and descriptive norms do not apply in this scenario.

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